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both focusing on the economy. the president said a vote for romney is a return to the recession era mistakes of the past. romney said the president is the enemy of people who create jobs. >>> and the colorado wildfire continues to spread this morning and more evacuations have been ordered. the fire burned 78 square miles and destroyed 48 homes. >>> a federal jury in new orleans rejected a $17 million lawsuit brought by actor stephen baldwin against kevin costner involving a case with the gulf oil spill. baldwin and a partner said they were deceived by costner and his partner into selling their shares of a company that made an oil cleanup spill device. bp later paid $52 million for 32 of the devices. baldwin claimed he should have received a share of that profit. >>> a dragon is on display in california. dragon is the name of the spacex cargo ship that came the first vehicle to dock with the international space station. as we report from hawthorne, california, nasa's top official visited yesterday for a little show
both focusing on the economy. the president said a vote for romney is a return to the recession era mistakes of the past. romney said the president is the enemy of people who create jobs. >>> and the colorado wildfire continues to spread this morning and more evacuations have been ordered. the fire burned 78 square miles and destroyed 48 homes. >>> a federal jury in new orleans rejected a $17 million lawsuit brought by actor stephen baldwin against kevin costner involving a...
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what is it that's transformed and built the economy? federal contracts. from 1980 through 2009, federal contracting in northern virginia increased from $1.7 billion to $38.5 billion, but there's worry the bottom could fall out. >> government contractors would stop doing business in fairfax county because there
what is it that's transformed and built the economy? federal contracts. from 1980 through 2009, federal contracting in northern virginia increased from $1.7 billion to $38.5 billion, but there's worry the bottom could fall out. >> government contractors would stop doing business in fairfax county because there
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is weighing on americans. 70% of those polled say the economy is in bad shape. that's actually down from the past four years. 39% said they have fallen behind financially. 64% are worried about how they're going to be able to pay their housing costs. and 38% say higher gas prices have been a serious economic hardship. >>> and the final winners of last month's record-breaking mega millions jackpot have come forward. merle and patricia butler of red bud, illinois, claimed their $218 million prize. butler says, friends and neighbors had jokingly asked if he won. he says he answered truthfully most of the time and that no one just seemed to catch on. the butlers opted for a luch sum payment of $111 million. what i wouldn't do with that kind of money. >> hopefully he's going to share it. >> we'll see. i'm sure he will. >> ashley morrison here in new york. thanks. >>> well, straight ahead, your thursday morning weather. in sports, the end of an era. pat summitt steps down as head coach at tennessee and what a record she leaves behind. [ woman ] when my asthma symptoms
is weighing on americans. 70% of those polled say the economy is in bad shape. that's actually down from the past four years. 39% said they have fallen behind financially. 64% are worried about how they're going to be able to pay their housing costs. and 38% say higher gas prices have been a serious economic hardship. >>> and the final winners of last month's record-breaking mega millions jackpot have come forward. merle and patricia butler of red bud, illinois, claimed their $218...
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call 1-855-999-1399 >>> outside pittsburgh a town hit hard by the economy is finding strength from its local football team. as wyatt andrews reports, the team is beating the odds and lifting the community. >> reporter: clarendon, pennsylvania is a proud steel mill town, but more than 10,000 jobs have been lost over decades, poverty has doubled the national average and most of downtown is boarded up. the one public school is so small the state might have closed it by now except for one extraordinary thing. the clarendon bears high school football team. this weekend the bears are in the playoffs to win a fourth straight state championship and their winning streak of 61 games is the best in america. >> we're making history, we're making a name for ourselves. >> reporter: one of the team's stars, tarish webb says the secret is the team's seniors. they've played together since they were 6 years old in midget football and grew up determined to win for themselves and for the town. >> if we lose that's actually letting them down so we owe to it the town. >> somebody might be inclined to ask yo
call 1-855-999-1399 >>> outside pittsburgh a town hit hard by the economy is finding strength from its local football team. as wyatt andrews reports, the team is beating the odds and lifting the community. >> reporter: clarendon, pennsylvania is a proud steel mill town, but more than 10,000 jobs have been lost over decades, poverty has doubled the national average and most of downtown is boarded up. the one public school is so small the state might have closed it by now except...
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a disruption in china's economy could have a negative impact on u.s. and european markets. on friday, china released the second quarter gdp. figures and it is expected to be the worst report in three years. that news put a chill on markets in asia. the nikkei dropped 1.5% and the hang seng lost 2%. >>> earnings season begins on wall street this week. friday we'll get the first quarterly report from jpmorgan chase since the bank reported that massive multibillion dollar loss. friday's weak jobs report led to a down day for stocks. the dow lost 124 points while the nasdaq fell 38. >>> after falling steadily since april, gas prices ticked up last week. according to aaa, the average price of a gallon of regular is $3.38. that's about eight cents higher than a week ago. >>> and thousands of computers may not be able to connect to the internet this morning. at midnight, the fbi shut down temporary servers that were set up to keep computers infected with malware online. the fbi estimates more than 40,000 computers in the u.s. will be affected. if you think your computer is one of
a disruption in china's economy could have a negative impact on u.s. and european markets. on friday, china released the second quarter gdp. figures and it is expected to be the worst report in three years. that news put a chill on markets in asia. the nikkei dropped 1.5% and the hang seng lost 2%. >>> earnings season begins on wall street this week. friday we'll get the first quarterly report from jpmorgan chase since the bank reported that massive multibillion dollar loss. friday's...